Sensor-enhanced document exchange and display control device

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention recites a system for exchanging information. The system comprises a display unit and a document exchange unit communicatively coupled with the display unit. The document exchange unit further comprises a shared memory. A control unit is coupled with the document exchange unit and is used for selecting the information which is to be exchanged. The control unit transmits the selected information to the shared memory via the document exchange unit and the display unit thereafter displays the information. A sensor unit, which is communicatively coupled with the control unit, is used for accessing the information.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] Embodiments of the present invention are related to the field of display devices used in enhanced meeting environments. BACKGROUND ART [0002] Enhanced meeting environments, also referred to as “interactive spaces,” are used to provide multimedia enhancement to meeting places such as conference rooms and classrooms. A typical interactive space may include speakers and microphones for capturing and amplifying speech and cameras for capturing events of the meeting. A digital projector is often used to display graphics and documents during a meeting. A computer containing the files that are displayed in the meeting must be coupled with the digital projector. Frequently, interactive spaces include support for wireless networking as well as supporting applications and middleware. [0003] Display systems such as digital projectors are inconvenient for some users because a personal computer is used by a presenter(s) to project content that is viewed by other meeting pa...

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Problems solved by technology

Display systems such as digital projectors are inconvenient for some users because a personal computer is used by a presenter(s) to project content that is viewed by other meeting participants.

As a result, this computer is not available to the participant for private use during the meeting.

Additionally, it is difficult for other meeting participants to access and exchange electronic copies of documents for viewing by the other meeting participants.

Additionally, it is often difficult to work collaboratively on the displayed documents during the meeting and it is difficult to share or distribute electronic copies of the content to meeting participants for use after the meeting.

Another drawback is the expense of creating and maintaining a static infrastructure for an interactive space.

Additionally, many users want to carry files for presentation on a more compact device than a laptop meetings and find it inconvenient to couple their computers ting environment.

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